GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Officially Adds Vin Diesel

December 23, 2013

Vin Diesel is Groot!

Official: Marvel has announced that Vin Diesel, star of the star of the Fast and the Furious and Riddick franchises, is to lend his gravelly low voice to Groot in James Gunn’s live-action outing of Marvel’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy.’

In the far reaches of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, an unlikely cast of characters including Peter Quill, Gamora, Drax, Groot and Rocket Raccoon must join forces to defeat a cosmic force of epic proportions.

In addition to ‘Guardians of the Galaxy,’ Marvel Studios will release a slate of films based on the Marvel characters including ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ on April 2014; ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ on May 2015; and ‘Ant-Man’ in 2015.

“Yep it is completely official. AND he’s amazing,” said Gunn via Facebook. “I never knew someone could say I AM GROOT so many different ways and with such feeling (and that sounds like I’m kidding but I’m not!)”